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Introducing Windows Azure WebJobs
I'm currently running 16 web sites on Windows Azure. I have a few Virtual Machines, but I prefer to run things using "platform as a service" where I don't have to sweat the underlying Virtual Machine....
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Use recommendations and popular items on websites with anonymous users in...
This is a blog post in the series “ How to display Recommendations and Popular items on a website ”. In the previous post, I showed you how to add and configure the Recommended Items and Popular Items...
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Using Visual Studio Online to Load Test the NORAD tracks Santa website
My name is Mauricio Avilés and I am a Test Consultant in the Microsoft Enterprise Services / IT Service Management Practice. I am part of a team of experienced consultants who specialize on all things...
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The case of “Above normal” priority
Good morning AskPerf! If you’ve used Task Manager, you may have noticed that it allows setting an “instance-based priority”. This is an option where you can choose to boost or reduce the priority of...
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People View in Outlook Web App
Krish Gali is a Senior Program Manager on the Exchange engineering team and Steve Chew is a senior product marketing manager on the Exchange technical marketing team. Overwhelmed when you open your...
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Auto History Extension in Visual Studio 2013
Have you ever found yourself wishing you could roll back a few hours to a piece of code you had working but have made changes to? You were “in the flow” and you haven’t checked anything in to your...
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CES2014: AMD Showcases New Technology for 2014
AMD had a huge presence at CES 2014, so big they needed two giant tents: one to showcase the next-generation “Surround House” and another to showcase a variety of technology spanning an array of...
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Reading Hyper-V Event logs with PowerShell
Here is a handy tip – it is quite easy to gather any information that Hyper-V puts in the event log from PowerShell.You can get all Hyper-V related events by running:Get-WinEvent -FilterHashTable...
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Success with Hybrid Cloud: How Retailers Benefit
Throughout this series I’ve taken a close look at the definition of a Hybrid Cloud, our perspective on why a Hybrid environment is so valuable, and a piece-by-piece look at the solutions and tools that...
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My Favorite Windows & Windows Phone Apps #1
I am often asked what my favorite apps are for Windows and Windows Phone. So I thought I’d put together a blog post highlighting some of my favorite apps in response to that question. I’m always...
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State Transition of Checkpoint Files in Databases with Memory-Optimized Tables
In the previous blog Merge Operations, we described that how a CFP transitions across various stages in its life cycle. In this blog, we will walk through an actual example to show the state...
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Examining stack traces of objects using Visual Studio 2013
It is quite common to have a program stopped in the debugger due to a crash or assertion caused by an object being in a bad state, and to track down the problem, you need to figure out how it got that...
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS – Eddie Kezeli, ProShot developer
"The results of my single app on Windows Phone exceeded my expectations so much that I quit looking for a job."In less than one year, Eddie Kezeli, the mastermind of ProShot—an innovative camera app...
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Certificate Requirements for Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 Remote Desktop...
Good morning AskPerf! Kiran here with a question for you: Why do we need certificates? Well, certificates are used to sign the communication between two machines. When a client connects to a...
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Managing Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V from Windows 8.1
In the past we have always required that you use Hyper-V Manager on the same version of Windows as the version of Windows that you are using to run Hyper-V (i.e. Use Windows 7 to manage Windows Server...
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BYOD Poets Have So Much to Say, to Wit…
The BYO-Poetry Contest is over, but the fun isn’t! Until then, please enjoy these poems from our runners-up. Congratulations, winners and honorable mentions, and thanks again to everyone who...
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When you’re looking for the tools that can help you build your business, you don’t want to experiment with something that “might” work. You want technology solutions that have a proven track record of...
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More control for app developers in the Windows Store
We’re always thinking about how we can improve the Windows Store onboarding and publishing process to make things easier for you as an app developer. This week we rolled out a few changes to help you...
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Windows themes: launch of the Community Showcase series
In a recent blog post I provided a behind-the-scenes look at the Open Call, and today I have more to share about that. Longtime visitors to the Windows Personalization Gallery may remember our...
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Pie in the Sky (January 24th, 2014)
Last year this time, I had wildflowers in the yard. This year, it's barely above freezing. I'm fine with the cold, I just wish it would snow a bit. :)Here are some links for your weekend reading,...
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